France
France regularly reports hate crime data to ODIHR. Since 2012, DILCRAH has served as an inter-ministerial body and platform for co-operation to address hate crime, including through research and financial support to civil society organizations (CSOs). DILCRAH, along with a number of CSOs, is also involved in the training of judges and prosecutors, as well as police officers and gendarmes. The Central Office for Combating Crimes against Humanity and Hate Crimes (OCLCH) is an inter-agency body composed of police officers and gendarmes that is responsible for leading and coordinating the fight against crimes against humanity and hate crimes, assisting and supporting local units in this area, acting as the national contact point for both units and external entities, investigating, providing expertise and preparing threat assessments in its area of responsibility.
Hate crime data are regularly published by the National Institution for Human Rights. France conducts regular surveys on hate crime victimization to measure unreported hate crimes.
OFFICIAL DATA REPORTED BY STATES
| Year | Hate crimes recorded by police | Prosecuted | Sentenced |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 6,211 | 1,557 | 1,736 |
| 2022 | 3,807 | 469 | 355 |
| 2021 | 3,443 | 486 | 425 |
| 2020 | 2672 | - | - |
| 2019 | 2640 | - | - |
| 2018 | 1838 | - | 252 |
| 2017 | 1505 | Not available | 255 |
| 2016 | 1835 | Not available | 583 |
| 2015 | 1790 | Not available | Not available |
| 2014 | 1662 | Not available | 554 |
| 2013 | 1765 | 579 | Not available |
| 2012 | 2357 | 604 | 550 |
| 2011 | Not available | Not available | 431 |
| 2010 | 2 | Not available | 562 |
| 2009 | Not available | Not available | 579 |
About 2015 Data
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The figure presented here includes 244 incidents of discrimination, defamation and public insults. These categories fall outside of the OSCE concept of hate crimes and are therefore not included in the breakdown by type of crime below.
Hate crime recorded by police
KEY OBSERVATION
ODIHR observes that France has met most OSCE commitments on hate crime data collection and reporting. ODIHR further observes that data on certain OSCE-mandated bias motivations have not been reported.
INCIDENTS REPORTED BY CIVIL SOCIETY
INTERNATIONAL REPORTS
Racist and xenophobic hate crime, Anti-Roma hate crime, Anti-LGBTI hate crime, Disability hate crime
In its fifth report on France, the European Commission against Racism and Intolerance (ECRI) recommended amendments to the Criminal Code to include racist, homophobic and transphobic motivations as aggravating circumstances in criminal offences. ECRI also recommended that the authorities establish partnerships with civil society organizations working with Roma communities and people with disabilities to overcome under-reporting and to ensure that hate crime data-collection systems allow the disaggregation of data and the tracking of cases through the criminal justice system.